Ron Moore on Religion and Battlestar Galactica (Part 1 of 2)

[martinf74]

I really enjoyed his vision of Battlestar Galactica and how he reimaged the series. Also I am a big fan of DS9 and thought he did a tremendous job by adding dimension to what was a boring Utopian universe. I cant wait for the new bsg series blood and chrome, however I am skeptical of the movie.

[neomysterio]

Religion ruined the show.

[TylerMcManus1]

Best.Show.Ever.

Period.

[vbritsi]

Ronald D. Moore is not the genius people seem to think. He's just an average schmuck with the knack for writing 'so-so' television screenplays for Star Trek and spinoffs, which makes the Trekkie geeks cream their jeans.

But he's a one-hit wonder and his lack of talent has caught up with him. Fox rejected his "Virtuality" TV series.

Furthermore, he has had several of his movie scripts rejected because they were utter crap. (His shitty scripts then had to be rewritten from scratch)

[Emm0r]

@vbritsi well he won with Battlestar :) Maybe that's all he'll have, but that alone has caused so much inspiration and influence among fans.. don't see the motivation behind your hate, he's a nice guy

[vbritsi]

One rotten, shitty human being.



[JulyForToday]

@vbritsi

Your statement says more about you then it does about him.

[Samadhiatman500]

One amazing human being.

[kwickenbe]

I remember first seeing it as a full length movie in 1979 probably as the pilot, and then as a TV series in 1980. All information says the series came first.

[SilverShamrock71]

Loved the 70's BSG as a kid, remember having a toy viper and cylon space ship.

Regarding RISK, it can be controlled and calculated.

[EleaofGondawa1]

Ron Moore is proof that risk is always good. Even like the first series that didn't make money, it has launched interesting, cultural perspectives, cult followings and finally the blockbuster of BSG. Soon to come the first BSG Convention we are preparing for. Risk is good but isn't always profitable.

Christi [Dr. Elea Kaun of Colonial Command]

[thecreationofunivers]

yeah right! he is a procucer of bsg ! anyway hes got a great imagination

[Nemesis000000]

Yeah in fact the one episode he directed definitely felt a little awkward.

[christiancantarutti]

Which episode is that? Is it the one where Captain Adama has all those flashbacks about his wife on Caprica? Because that is the only episode I didn't like out of the entire series haha.

[Nemesis000000]

No, it was "A Disquiet Follows My Soul" from season 4... the material was fine it just felt a bit clunky, which usually points to directing.

You're thinking of Black Market... which had pretty good directing actually, but the script and story concept was shite.

[christiancantarutti]

Oh is it season 4.5 cause if so I haven't seen it yet since it inst out until July 28th?

And I believe the episode I'm thinking of was titled "A day in the life". Black Market had a decent story and directing, at least I thought so.

Starbuck for life.

[Nemesis000000]

Maybe it's not out where you live but the series is over here.

And "Day in the Life" was indeed awful, but it had no flashbacks for Lee's old gf on Caprica, that was Black Market.

[christiancantarutti]

Lol my apologies, i meant Admiral William Adama not Lee.

Yes the series has ended here aswell, but I do not have satellite TV so i have to actually buy the DVD's and season 4.5 is not out til July 28th i believe.

[Rodimus78]

Actually...he's got a great reimagination. Because anyone who drives a car backwards so skillfully is a god.

-R78

[thecreationofunivers]

one of the best directors ever

[br0wnkid94]

Ron Moore? Moore-Ron

[rhatcher010]

He's right about the premise of the original. As a kid, I recognized an incongruity between the impetus of a genocidal attack and the show's family friendly execution. Ron Moore has reaffirmed my faith in the power of storytelling on TV. Risk is good.

[Rodimus78]

Wrong...RISK isn't always good. There's no guarantee for success when you roll out the dice. RISK isn't immune to failure. The ends of RISK is only justified when the bearer weighs it out on deductive logic and critical analysis. In social studies it's called 'personal responsibility'. RISK isn't always good. It's not neutral to the consequences of critical human flaw. Why? Because we're human.

-r78

[Stormtjakka]

But Isn't Risk always 'good' BECAUSE it isn't always good? Your analysis is based on right or wrong fixed on 1 decision. Doesn't failure put an emphasis on succes? Therefore give more value to succes among failure, than succes among succes?

Actually, that's what makes RISK perfectly human. And there you have the Theme of BSG, thus what (I think) EleaofGwondawa1 means by saying that Risk is always 'good'

-Stor.... Nah I'm not doing that =P

[Rodimus78]

There's no such thing as human perfection. It's all in the imagination of babel's mouth. Risk isn't always good b/c it's isn't always good?.....Wow, that's what I called convolution.

-R78

[hklfilms]

this is great.

By far the new Battlestar Galactica is one of the greatest TV shows of all time.

Kudos to Ron Moore for doing what he has done with the show and mythos.

[lavedon]

Amen brother!

[avstars]

OMG, i wish he would come to lecture at my school.

[gothsweeting]

Where/when did he give this lecture?

[flame0430]

See video info on the right.